Locking device



May 29, 1928.

D. 1.. MORRIS LOCKING DEVICE Filed March 25, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 i May 29, 192-3. 1,671,602 D. L. MORRIS v LOCKING DEVICE Filed March 25 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 29, 1928 mmmmvm. i

I r ipplication' filed Mal ch25, 1926. Serial No. 97,465,

This invention relates" to locking device.

sition has been so exposed as to permit ac- ;cessto the entire lock with the result that the] breaking or cutting of the lock hasbeen accomplished with considerable ease, This disadvantage has been somewhat overcome by building into one of the relatively -movable parts a lock WhichQ-howe'ver, becomesa permanent and component portion of the 7 part With whichit is associated. This too,

'i ;,'cum;in'g or breaking canno't behad.

a has its disadvantages. For instance, should the lock mechanism become inoperative or n'efiectlve, the entire device with which -1t '18 usedis rendered useless. I The present invention. contemplates the securing togetherwof, relatively movable 2 parts bymeans of a look vvhichi's independent of the parts themselves and which is so hous'ed'that access to it for the purposeiof In the drawings? 1 a v i F'gure 1 is a view of one type of extra tire carrier showing 'a portion of the tire and, rim and one .formofthe invention;

flur .6; a 1" I, 1 I: 'If-1gure 1s a section -on linenof Figu' ure 2; 1

v v Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective View of the form of the invent on shown 1n Figure .1;

"Figure 3 is a section on line 33 "of Fig- Figure 4 is a section on line ltof Fig,

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- :Fignre 8 is a ;fragmentary vperspi'eetive ir nodified form;

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W Figure 12 is 'iE e r 1-; a i ;Figure 13 is EigureQ;

"f rm; nd l v n my F gure-15 is e-section otanother modified view of another modified-form;

- Figure 9' is a si ilar view of another Figure leis a l siinil'ar view of: another v lemma ii-51141: of Figure '12; l a section on. line 12- 12 of a has; the 13 1 3 of I Rigure; 14 i another modified In the past it has beenthe practice to se-' cure qrelatively movable parts together by .means of a padlock which in its locking po ever, be replaced by any other Well known [tion of i the "body of a @paillock; c: f'lhis cham- 'jber, opens throughonegface 8;;of the hous ing to permittheinsertion ozt the h'o'dy of achannel 9, l which. channels open through Qb dfi 1 r The; provision of the channels 9 result-iii I 99 th a xiuet e i 1 a tts 1 nd. 14191 the'elementsfl and 2, which lie between tlre-j "lockimayfhe inserted in, th e 1 H thronghthe opening in the face 8, andf-t-he .I have chosen to illustrateiny invention f as'a locking device forsecurlng-an automo- Y bile t re to; ts carrier but this cho ce it is {to be'un derstood, is only for'the :purposeof 'illustration as the application'oi: the i-nven-v ,tion is of much Widerrange,

The embodiment illustrated i of the drawings includes a. housingcom- -v posed of separable elementsl andi'z, eachjof 6 which is, in this instance; carried ;by a tire embracing element, 3, which together form a I '7 a tire encircling member, 'andwhich' may he of any desired formthat will permit the separation of the elements of thehousing; 7 0 f i, i

I have. illustrated this j'ti-re encircling inern 'bras of {rigid metal having :enjds -i nti erlocked-infamy suitable manner, such as'a slot and tongue connection It may, hoW- hinge. connection.

"Each ot theihousing"elements hand I I provided with a recess 6. These recessesaare. I I adapted to register with each' other'when (the elements 1 and, 2 are win proximitykto each other-to form fa ohamberfor the recep the padlock into the receiving chamber- Extending from each of the; recesses *6 is the face of the housing opposite to that through which the chamberiopens. These 7 In theil-lustr'ated form 0 the-padlockythe shackle is completely separableugfrom the. i I

legs *ll of thepadlock shackleg a With vthis arrangement the" body time mb r shackleg nay be; inserted through the flopen- "l I sing inthe opposite. face so that the legsf lil 1 will project through the channels 9 and en- I gage the lockii'ig mechanism in thejhodyof "the lock. and so that the portion- 12 rfvill';lie.in thetross channel 10; The body bl iivmn LEIeH'MoRRIsj-or lw ew; yonx; fin I l5 1 prevent the separation of the elements of Intact the presence for the bight portion of the shackle is not essential.

'It'is only essential-that thelegs of the of the lock and the shackle willfsecure each other within the housing and the legs'of the shackle'will. secure the abutments 14: to-

gether thus securing thet d m of the; housing tgeth m The recesses in which the padlock body f and shackle are located are preferably largeenough to insure slight 'looseness of the lock,"

butv small enough to prevent the insertion of a' tool between the 'lock and the adjacent wall'of the housing.

v Should the bight portion 12 er the shackle be cut a'po'rtion of the curved bight will ,remainand the legs 11 will're'main secured to the body of the lock and still effectively the housing.

shackle be so formed or associated with channels 'soxiforined that the shackle cannot be withdrawn with the body of the lockin a'directionopposite to that in which qthe bodyotthe, lock is insertedin the receiv'i'ng chamber. This makes'fit possible to "use two separate legs without the connecting g t.

Thus it will be seen that the lock is entirely separate from the housing. so that should an attempt be made'by anunauthor- I Lized person to remove the lock andthe' lock injured in the attempt, it may be removed by i I lock. I

an authorized person and replacedby an-v other at little expense, since the housing will remain intact; Therefore the lock'being separatefrom the housing, the latter need not be Y 'In order ito prevent-the Possibility ot any l'ateralshejarin'g' strain being imposed onthe legs of the"shacklebyytor instance, the in- :sertion ot'a' tool between the meeting "faces of the elements of; thefhousing, I' contemplate (seeFigure 7): theuseoflanf interlocking tongue; and groove connection between" the elements; i "y This may: be c'arried'Fasteplfurther :(se'e Figure by having upper and lower flanges 16 andl? project from one of the elements possibility of any force being exerted onthe "of the housing and overlap 1 the other vele-- m'ent; This arrangement "will obviate, the

bail of the" look by a .toolfinserted between I 1 the' meeting faces of [the elements; of the,

"housing".

, In thetype bf lockin -device which I, have I f just described, thefplan'e ofthe face through which the lock body-is inserted .isfpreferably s ubs tantially' transverse to the 'plane of the tire (see Figures 1 and 5), so that the curvature of the rim makes the exposed portions oft-he bail and lock body even lessaccessible to the insertion of a tool or. the delivering.

of ablow to the tool. I

In the 'hereinbefore described construction,

. The key hole of the lock t0 rest in alignment with the opening 18 so i that when iti'is desired to remove the lock the key may be inserted and the lock raised:

replaced upon the replacing ofthe' it; is possible to injure-thelbck although not to a point'torender it ineffective to hold shackle or againstv the exposed end of the lock body. However, this may be rendered the twoparts of the housing together, by

delivering blowsagains't the bightflof the 1 impossible by increasing the depth of the lock tion such'as shown in Figures 8, 11 and 12.

Tn'this fo-rm,xthe openings through which the shackle and body ojitfthe "lock; are in-, serteidyintothe housing meet the same size as infth'e' other form, but'the face of the housing in whichtheopening 6 is located body'receiving chamber and ot the channels 9yand 10 to permitthe lock to assume a posiso" i is provided with an opening 18 connecting with the opening 6 and the receiving'chain hers for the'body of the lock and for the "shackle'are deepened as" at 18.

isadapted to come until, the shackle' and. lock body align with their respective entry openings at whichtim'e they may be'separated and emoved through l i such openings; I

Thevalue of this disappearingfeature lies in the fartthat before any part of'the lock can be reached withfan implementv of destruction the lock must be alignedwith the openings=inthe housing and held in'that position, the holding o'f which will militate I. against the'delivery ot a destructivefblow to 1'00 1 the lock.

In the form of the invention' 'shown in Figure 10, I, haveyshown itadapted to that 7 type of tire carrier which includes an expansible band 19 which'is adapted to be expanded within the tire rini and between the flanges 20. The housing inthis form con sistsffot the elementsd and 2 which have coacting cam faces 21 which. are adapted j to expand the bandi'to its lockingposition.

The padlock here not only secures the elements of the housing together, I but the reaction ofthe cam faces.

which have ends adapted to engage the rim leg 27 andthe other by the section 28. The

and tire on the'carrier.

H When extra disc wheels are carriedthey" I are usually'secured' infplace by bolts and pre e "locksecures the tw'otogether' the riin nuts, so that if the nuts or any of them are 2 secured on thebolt's the removal ofthewheel.

will be prevented. In Figure 15 I'have shown the invention'adapted for this "use.

In this form the two elements 1 and 2*ofthe H v .1 and 2 are held together by the body and 10 shackle of the lock.

I housing are provided with complemental" threaded recesses 29 and 30, which together.

In this type of carrier, the wheel is oft times held upon a metal spindle or by the insertion of a padlock through an opening in one of the lugs,

I rather than by threaded nuts. This form of the invention may be adapted for such a;

carrier by simply omitting the threads withv in the openings 29 and 30 and extending "from one of both of the elements 1 or 2 a lug which will project through the opening in I ,the spindle or in the bolt. 20

' rotation of the device on the In this event, the flangeBlmay be dispensed with because the spindle or, on the bolt will be prevented.

That I claim is:

1 In a locking device,a housingconsist ing of separable elements and. a padlock mounted removably therein and adapted to secure said separable elements together.

dependent of the. housing mounted removably therein and adapted' to secure said separable elements together. a a I 3. In a locking device, the combination with a pair of abutments of a lock independent of said abutments, adapted to secure the same together, and a housing for said lock. v I 4. A lock housing having abutments looated thereinyand having channels leading to said abutments and a chamber communifcating with said channels.

elements adapted to form .a substantially 5. In a locking'device a'pair of housing complete housing anda lock locatedwithi'n i I Y the housing and removable therefrom and adapted to secure the elements together. i

'. 6. In a locking. device the combination with amulti-part housing or a padlock re}- 'movably mounted in said housing, each of said parts having an abutment adaptedto I of the lock to f be engaged bythe shackle hold the elements together.

7. In a lock'ng device a housing 'consist-f ing of separate parts and having openings i for receiving the body a'nd'shackle of a padlock, abutments looatedwithin said housing Y and adapted to be engagedby the shackle."

of the lock .to preventthe separation of the parts of the housing,

8. In a locking device, a housing consisting of separate recessed parts, abutments lo-f cated Within said recessed 'parts and a removable lock adapted to fsecurel said abut I M ments together-and located withimsaid housing. I

.9. In a locking device the. combination With a two-part housing, each of said parts having a recess'therein, said recesses forming'a receivingchamberlfor thefbody of a v I v padlock, and 'each of said parts'having'a 2'. Ina locking device, a housing consist-;- ing of'separable elements and a padlock in channel, said channels being adapted to co lock, and each ofsaid parts having an -abutshackle and channels for'the reception of In testimony whereof, I

h s n m name to this specification. t :9

o 1 DANIEL- LmerrMoR'RIs;

Yoperateft-o receive'the shackle of the pad-' I 

